x11 (SSA:2006-207-02)
Posted on: 07/27/2006 09:04 AM
New x11 packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. In addition, fontconfig and freetype have been split out from the x11 packages in -current, so if you run -current you'll also need to install those new packages.
Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/x11-6.8.2-i486-6_slack10.2.tgz: Patched some more possible linux 2.6.x setuid() related bugs: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2006-June/000100.html Patched CVE-2006-1861 linux 2.6.x setuid() related bugs in freetype2. (* Security fix *) patches/packages/x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-6_slack10.2.tgz: Patched as above. (* Security fix *) patches/packages/x11-xdmx-6.8.2-i486-6_slack10.2.tgz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/x11-xnest-6.8.2-i486-6_slack10.2.tgz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/x11-xvfb-6.8.2-i486-6_slack10.2.tgz: Rebuilt. +--------------------------+
Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+
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